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02 March 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Winstar World Casino Using Optec LED Video Displays on Pylon

The WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, OK and operated by the Chickasaw Nation, is the fifth-largest casino in the United States and features a 24/7 gaming floor that is a half-mile long, with 519,000 square foot of casino entertainment. WinStar World Casino offers more than 5,700 electronic games, 76 blackjack and poker tables, off-track betting [...]

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27 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Birthday Vegas Trip: Poker Tournaments, Cabbies, & Dealers

After a 2 month delay, my birthday Vegas trip is finally underway, as M ditches work early (1:00 pm) and I take off to meet him at 2–how convenient when the boss’s baby keeps him up all night! Looks like luck is on our side before we even hit the road… until we hit a [...]

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24 February 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Las Vegas Implosions on Video: Demolition of Classic Casinos

It’s said that Vegas is a place that hates to dwell on its history and nowhere is that more evident than on the Strip. Hotels that would be considered historic in other cities are imploded faster than it takes you to say “Sinatra” to make room for the latest megaresorts. And in true Las Vegas [...]

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11 February 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Survival of Miami Gambling: Magic City Casino & Hialeah Park

The reopening of the historic Hialeah Park Race Track on November 28, eight years after owner John Brunetti closed it to the public, drew a huge overflow crowd of 26,874; in the next two days, however, that number thinned to a mere 4,305 and then 1,193. But the declining crowds did not bother Brunetti, who [...]

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05 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Political Agenda Behind Casino Second-Hand Smoke Claims?

A suit filed against a Las Vegas casino for allegedly endangering employees’ health by exposing them to second-hand smoke is politically-motivated, according to the casino’s lawyers.
Attorneys with the firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, who are representing the Wynn Las Vegas Resort and Country Club, alleged that the casino is in accordance with the [...]

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